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Next Year's iPhones to Include 4.7" LCD Model With Single Camera, 5.5" LCD and OLED Models With Dual Cameras
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I know you are just joking, but it's not fair to call it iphone fragmentation. In android the problem is that APIs and features differ from one version of Android to another. And since the hardware from different vendors use different OS versions, the app developers either have to write multiple versions or code to the lowest common denominator. That is simply not true with Apple. Even multiple screen sizes is reasonably handled within Apple OS.First an article about non-removable SSD's and now an article about fragmented iPhones...
MR is just trolling.
Ugh!
We don't all want bigger phones!...
...but we do want premium features and will pay for them!!
C'mon Apple.
Bring some premium features down to the smaller sizes!
We don't all want bigger phones!...
...but we do want premium features and will pay for them!!
C'mon Apple.
Bring some premium features down to the smaller sizes!
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Ok, for the new guys:
Ming Chi Kuo is great, the best, when it comes to SUPPLY CHAIN rumors. Whoever his sources are, they're top notch when it comes to SUPPLY CHAIN rumors.
However, Kuo's track record with ANY OTHER rumor type is spotty at best. Educated guesses, often times misinterpreting odd orders and fluctuations in the supply chain.
Last year, one of Kuo's bigger misses was that he insisted the iPhone 7+ would come in a Pro variant. He got to that prediction (most likely) after erroneously thinking a pre-production single-camera 7+ was a final design.
So, take early Kuo guesses with a massive grain of salt.
Ming Chi Kuo is great, the best, when it comes to SUPPLY CHAIN rumors. Whoever his sources are, they're top notch when it comes to SUPPLY CHAIN rumors.
However, Kuo's track record with ANY OTHER rumor type is spotty at best. Educated guesses, often times misinterpreting odd orders and fluctuations in the supply chain.
Last year, one of Kuo's bigger misses was that he insisted the iPhone 7+ would come in a Pro variant. He got to that prediction (most likely) after erroneously thinking a pre-production single-camera 7+ was a final design.
So, take early Kuo guesses with a massive grain of salt.
That's because nobody on earth makes half as many 'predictions' as Ming-Chi Kuo. By Sheer numbers and variations of guesses he's more likely to get something right than anyone else.
I don't buy this. I think if they can't do OLED across the board in the 2017 phones, they won't do OLED in any of the 2017 phones. It's my understanding that OLED is more battery-friendly and if there's an iPhone that could use that, it would be the 4.7" model.
So tired of this. I do not want a bigger phone. I have to use a battery case and the 4.7" phone is the largest I can handle. I'm willing to pay for top of the line features. I use my phone heavily and want the best possible product. It's already infuriating that they are keeping the dual camera setup exclusive to the larger phone. Now they're considering OLED only for that model? If Tim wants to put out "pro" level phones at an inflated price then fine, I'm willing to pay. But please for the love of Jobs offer it in smaller formats than 5.5".
Already done that myself. Apples products have become so bad, I've switched over to a PC Hackintosh. There's really no reason to buy a Mac these days, they're all terrible and all terribly overpriced.
Agreed. I ended up going with the 7+.. even though i didn't want the larger size. The camera differences were too important to me. I don't think that our feature set choices should be tied to our screen size choices. (to borrow your verbage). This would be a decision i really don't like.
Agreed. And while they're at it they can put industry standards like floppy disk drives and hard drives back into their computers.
It's been said before and I will say it again... Apple is getting away from the user (knowing what the user wants before they even know it) to being a strictly market matching company that sticks within the box. People are going to continue losing interest and start switching to different platforms if they don't start making some changes.
The thing is that Apple has embarked on this slippery slope of getting thinner and thinner. Turning around and making a significantly thicker product now would be seen as regression. I totally agree with you that hiding the bump and getting more battery life would be worth it, but this would probably not play well with the pundits or the average consumer.
Floppy disk had an obvious successor; the CD. Headphone jack has nothing. But you conveniently don't mention that.
It's mainly because the larger phone is sold at a higher price.
Your logic makes sense - however, the problem is Apple is looking to protect their precious margins and having 3 phone models will cause people that want the 'best' to pick the OLED model $$$.
Who hasn't? Not every model is getting thinner with each iteration, but the trend is the same with all phone makers. Apple had exceptions as well, the 6s was thicker than the 6, the iPad 3 was thicker than the iPad 2.